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25 Impactful Funding Partnerships From Global Goals Week 2025

StartingUpGood @startingupgood.bsky.social · 4h

Just published! 25 new funding & partnership initiatives announced during #UNGA #GlobalGoalsWeek #2025

https://medium.com/startingupgood/25-impactful-funding-partnerships-from-global-goals-week-2025-8172c32310c7

Private capital, philanthropy, governments, and innovators announce efforts to close critical aid gaps during UNGA80

StartingUpGood @startingupgood.bsky.social · 14h

#SOCAP25 is just 2 weeks away: https://socapglobal.com/socap25-themes-tracks-councils/

StartingUpGood @startingupgood.bsky.social · 20h

#USAID staff and Project Resource Optimization (PRO) mobilized more than US$110 million in 6 months to sustain 81 programs suddenly left without US government support.

https://www.devex.com/news/how-ex-usaid-staffers-turned-crisis-into-action-and-mobilized-110m-110842

Did UNGA 2025 and Global Goals Week Meet Our Expectations?

StartingUpGood @startingupgood.bsky.social · 22h

Germany commits €1B to The Global Fund's 8th Replenishment - nearly the same total amount as private commitments made during #UNGA80 from Gates Foundation ($912M), (RED) ($75M), The Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) ($200M), Goodbye Malaria ($5.5M) & Johnson & Johnson Fdn (US$5M)

StartingUpGood @startingupgood.bsky.social · 1d

Did UNGA 2025 meet expectations? Read our verdict on conflict and peace, financing, UN reform & digital governance.

https://medium.com/sdg-counting/did-unga-2025-and-global-goals-week-meet-our-expectations-8b712ac386c2

In September, we asked whether the global community would deliver more than speeches at the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 80)…

Global Renewable Power Surpasses Coal for the First Time

StartingUpGood @startingupgood.bsky.social · 2d

Wind and solar power combined produced more electricity globally than coal in 2025

#CleanEnergy #impinv

https://ow.ly/qnUX50XaE0W

Renewable energy has overtaken coal as the world’s largest source of electricity generation for the first time according to think tank Ember.

EU Scales Back Reporting: Only EU Companies in Scope

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StartingUpGood @startingupgood.bsky.social · 3d

Handy update of key #sustainability news. Sign up for weekly newsletters.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/eu-scales-back-reporting-only-companies-scope-tim-mohin-z7vpe/

What’s in this week’s newsletter: Reporting rules for non-EU companies delayed EU Parliament aligns with the far-right on simplification drive Huge milestones in the global energy transition More US funding cuts for green projects Net Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA) ceases operations As Europe moves to

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StartingUpGood @startingupgood.bsky.social · 4d

The MacArthur Foundation just revealed its 2025 class of Fellows, awarding 22 people no-strings-attached $800,000 over 5 years.
#MacFellow #SocialImpact
https://ow.ly/4uSe50Xa2zo

Global volume of capital invested in impact deals in 2024 falls by 30% compared with previous year – GIIN survey

StartingUpGood @startingupgood.bsky.social · 4d

The Global Impact Investing Network finds that impact assets grew by 11% but investment volumes were down 30% in 2024 “pointing to a possible capital pullback”

#impinv Pioneers Post

https://ow.ly/sEbK50Xa1BK

Impact assets under management keep growing but yearly investment volume drops as impact investors report economic headwinds – while they move towards 'safe' investments in mature companies and developed markets.

www.pioneerspost.com

Did UNGA 2025 and Global Goals Week Meet Our Expectations?

StartingUpGood @startingupgood.bsky.social · 4d

Excellent insights from SDGCounting - did #UNGA80 deliver more than speeches? The verdict is mixed. #GlobalGoals

https://medium.com/sdg-counting/did-unga-2025-and-global-goals-week-meet-our-expectations-8b712ac386c2

In September, we asked whether the global community would deliver more than speeches at the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 80)…

Join us at the Global Goals Summit 2025.

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StartingUpGood @startingupgood.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you Business Fights Poverty for making all of your #GlobalGoals 2025 resources available for free and online #BFP_UNGA

#ResourcesResources" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://businessfightspoverty.org/global-goals-summits#Resources

Global Goals Summit 2025

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StartingUpGood @startingupgood.bsky.social · 5d

Great investigative reporting from Devex Dave Ainsworth

https://ow.ly/nkrM50X9XTO

StartingUpGood @startingupgood.bsky.social · 6d

Can AI speed up and strengthen social impact measurement and management? SSIR & Better Society Capital weigh in.

#AIforGood #Impinv

https://ssir.org/articles/entry/ai-assessments-impact-investing?mc_cid=0b806c21ca&mc_eid=103af9ff01

We Tested AI Impact Assessments. Here’s What We Learned. (SSIR)

High-quality impact data and assessments are vital for allocating capital effectively, yet they are resource-intensive for investors and social innovators. Can generative AI speed up and strengthen impact-performance assessment of venture investments?

ssir.org

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StartingUpGood @startingupgood.bsky.social · 7d

🌍 The future of #ImpactInvesting lands in Berlin tomorrow.
2025 GIIN Impact Forum (Oct 8–9) gathers 1,600+ leaders to chart the next wave of sustainable capital—from climate to AI for good.
#GIIN2025 #ESG #Impinv
https://events.thegiin.org/event/ImpactForum2025/Home

The fallout from the dismantling of USAID continues

StartingUpGood @startingupgood.bsky.social · 8d

Renewable energy sources generated more electricity than coal plants so far in 2025. Global renewables are projected to double by 2030, with 80% of new #CleanEnergy from #solar.
https://ow.ly/MXOL50X7KIG

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StartingUpGood @startingupgood.bsky.social · 8d

Abruptly freezing billions in US foreign aid fractured decades of global health and development work -- life-saving programs stalled, thousands of skilled professionals fired, and deep staffing cuts at US nonprofits.

https://ow.ly/iwOg50X7m55

U.S. foreign aid cuts cripple health programs, cost jobs, and erode decades of global trust and influence.

Nonprofits may benefit from the growing popularity of impact investing

StartingUpGood @startingupgood.bsky.social · 10d

#impinv #innovation #philanthropy
https://rsmus.com/insights/industries/nonprofit/nonprofit-industry-outlook-summer-2025.html

The Real Economy industry update—Nonprofit: Impact investing can benefit organizations in various ways.

rsmus.com

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StartingUpGood @startingupgood.bsky.social · 11d

PitchBook survey finds that investors continue to focus on #ESG and #impinv

https://www.morningstar.com/sustainable-investing/investors-continue-focus-esg-impact-investing-pitchbook-survey-says

Investors Continue to Focus on ESG and Impact Investing, PitchBook Survey Says

72% of respondents incorporate sustainable investing factors into their investing process, although survey response rate falls.

www.morningstar.com

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StartingUpGood @startingupgood.bsky.social · 12d

Bank of America & Indiana University Lilly Family School of #Philanthropy study finds that affluent Americans have increased donation amounts but fewer give.
philanthropy.indianapolis.iu.edu/news-events/...

Bank of America Study: 2025: News: News & Media: News & Events: Lilly Family School of Philanthropy: Indiana University Indianapolis

Bank of America Study

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StartingUpGood @startingupgood.bsky.social · 13d

The world mourns the loss of conservationist Dr. Jane Goodall. At the recent Bloomberg Philanthropies Global Forum, her explanation of the interconnectedness of nature and human prosperity was both thoughtful and nuanced. Watch it here, starting around minute 45: www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8qn...

StartingUpGood @startingupgood.bsky.social · 13d

EU commitments at #UNGA80 #GlobalGoalsWeek 2025
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At the UN General Assembly, the EU reinforces its support to global health and human rights

From 20-25 September, Commissioner Jozef Síkela was in New-York to attend the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). On this occasion he had several high-level meetings to advance...

Betting Big on the Planet

StartingUpGood @startingupgood.bsky.social · 14d

Catch up on all things #UNGA80 & #GlobalGoalsWeek with Devex coverage:
ow.ly/BQju50X4BKM

StartingUpGood @startingupgood.bsky.social · 18d

How to watch 2025 #GlobalGoalsWeek #UNGA80 talks from Concordia, Devex, World Economic Forum, Gates Foundation #Goalkeepers, Foreign Policy, UN Climate Summit, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Clinton Global Initiative, DIGITAL UNGA (ITU), Business Fights Poverty, MIT Solve:
ow.ly/N10K50X383n

StartingUpGood @startingupgood.bsky.social · 19d

Great conversation at #Concordia2025 on big bets for the planet. 📖 Read what environmental leaders said about:
- Reframing the Narrative
- What Investable Looks Like in Climate Finance
- Things That Still Block Scale
- What Separates Winners from Well-Meaning Pilots

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Treat climate not as a niche campaign but as an investable, people-first infrastructure project.